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  2. Tributary - Wikipedia

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    These naming conventions are reflective of the circumstances of a particular river's identification and charting: people living along the banks of a river, with a name known to them, may then float down the river in exploration, and each tributary joining it as they pass by appears as a new river, to be given its own name, perhaps one already ...

  3. Lists of English words by country or language of origin

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    The following are lists of words in the English language that are known as "loanwords" or "borrowings," which are derived from other languages.. For Old English-derived words, see List of English words of Old English origin.

  4. Chart - Wikipedia

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    A radar chart or "spider chart" or "doi" is a two-dimensional chart of three or more quantitative variables represented on axes starting from the same point. A waterfall chart also known as a "Walk" chart, is a special type of floating-column chart. A tree map where the areas of the rectangles correspond to values. Other dimensions can be ...

  5. File:Origins of English PieChart.svg - Wikipedia

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  6. Log driving - Wikipedia

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    In the smaller, wilder stretches of a river where rafts couldn't get through, masses of individual logs were driven down the river like huge herds of cattle. "Log floating" in Sweden (timmerflottning) had begun by the 16th century, and 17th century in Finland (tukinuitto). [4] The total length of timber-floating routes in Finland was 40,000km. [4]

  7. Olympians take to the Seine for a first-of-its-kind floating ...

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    A 1.5 billion-euro ($1.6 billion) upgrade to the city’s antiquated sewage system has struggled to get the river’s pollution levels low enough to host the swimming leg of the triathlon and the ...

  8. List of river name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Slaney: Irish meaning "river of health" Tay: Celtic river goddess Tawa (Tava, Tatha, "the silent one") [7] Tambre: From Tamaris with the same root that Tamar. Thames: Latin Tamesis from Brythonic meaning "dark river" The Thame and Tamar, and probably the three rivers called Tame, have a similar etymological root; Tyne: Brythonic meaning "river"

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